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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Charity v Conservative Party: is it war?

OPINION 31 January 2018 by Susan Smith
Management
2 comments
Susan Smith responds to another attack on the third sector's right to criticise government

https://tfn.scot/opinion/xxxx

Poverty Truth Commission becomes a movement for change

NEWS 21 March 2019 by Susan Smith
Social Justice & Poverty
People with lived experience of poverty will continue to lead the movement and campaign on issues such as Universal Credit

https://tfn.scot/news/poverty-truth-commission-becomes-a-movement-for-change

How Maura’s Mission started on an everyday car journey

OPINION 21 June 2016 Guest post
Families & Young People
Charlie McCarthy on the inspiration behind educational charity Maura's Mission

https://tfn.scot/opinion/how-mauras-mission-started-on-an-everyday-car-journey

Response to Social Justice and Social Security Committee Pre-budget Scrutiny: Third sector funding principles

Sheghley Ogilvie
13 August 2024
Posted in
Voluntary sector organisation “The lack of inflationary increase to our funding is the most unfair aspect,20% pay gap between NHS support workers and voluntary sector social care support workers who are starting,Ensure funding decisions are issued no later than December and funds paid no later than the start of,Decisions should be made before the start of the financial year.

https://scvo.scot/p/93311/2024/08/13/response-to-social-justice-and-social-security-committee-pre-budget-scrutiny-third-sector-funding-principles

Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

NEWS 4 May 2021 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#NeverMoreNeeded
1 comment
TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-2021-what-the-voluntary-sector-wants

Third sector cut out of new employability landscape

Press release
4 October 2017
Posted in
sector organisations who have won bids in today’s Scottish Government announcement regarding the Fair Start,Read our briefing - Fair Start Scotland: contracts, commissioning and the marginalisation of the third,Read our Chief Executive Martin Sime's response in his blog.,Read our Director of Public Affairs John Downie's response in his blog.

https://scvo.scot/p/16248/2017/10/04/third-sector-cut-out-of-new-employability-landscape

Response to SSAC Consultation - Extension of benefit waiting days

Norette Ferns
1 July 2014
Posted in
These advances have to be paid back – from a poorer starting point for claimants, whose first benefit,Conclusion Yet again, those on benefits appear to be at the end of unfair and it would seem unjustified,year-benefit-ban-hits-120-disabled-people-under-new-sanctions-regime [vii] http://www.oxfam.org.uk/scotland/blog,the_rise_of_in-work_poverty [xiii] http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0045/00451915.pdf [xiv] http://www.niesr.ac.uk/blog

https://scvo.scot/p/5169/2014/07/01/response-to-ssac-consultation-extension-of-benefit-waiting-days

The war on the Commonweal: taking a stand in 2014

Natasha Hallett
8 January 2014
Posted in
At one meeting I laughed, rather irreverently, when someone started talking about “purchaser provider,it makes managers of community projects fit their objectives into business language so that what starts,, its own standards and references....and as an ex-senior banker remarked, “The fact is, after you start,the American soldier now in prison who leaked information to Wikieleaks,) because he felt it was so unfair,Research Unit London School of Economics and Political Science June 2012 [15] http://www.democracynow.org/blog

https://scvo.scot/p/2963/2014/01/08/the-war-on-the-commonweal-taking-a-stand-in-2014